retirement homes

Council accused of age discrimination

19.10.2020

Laura Edgar

Elmbridge Borough Council | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | retirement homes | South East | Surrey

Retirement housing developer Guild Living has accused a Surrey council of a potential breach of the Equality Act 2010 by recommending the refusal of a planning application for 222 units of care accommodation.
Appeal: Inspector backs Kent village restaurant demolition for retirement flats

25.09.2020

Huw Morris

community facility | Community Infrastructure | Demographics & Population Growth | Housing | retirement homes | South East

Plans to demolish a restaurant and build 14 retirement apartments in Kent have been allowed after an inspector ruled the venue was not a community facility.
News in brief: Commission outlines poverty in Brent; Sheffield to consult on local plan next month

18.08.2020

Laura Edgar

Brent | Chester | cop26 | digital planning | Housing | Isle of Anglesey | Offsite Construction | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | poverty | retirement homes | Sheffield | Shropshire | UK | Worcestershire

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 18 August, 2020
News in brief: Extra care homes approved in Greater Manchester; Edinburgh seeks development partner for regeneration scheme

22.10.2019

Laura Edgar

Bristol | City of Edinburgh council | Housing | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | retirement homes | UK | Wigan | wolverhampton

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 22 October, 2019
Appeal: ‘No pets’ policy for Hoo Peninsula retirement village

04.01.2019

Matt Moody

ageing population | Environmental | Health | Medway Council | retirement homes | South East | SSSI

In approving a 50-home retirement village on the Hoo Peninsula, an inspector has upheld a unilateral undertaking banning residents from keeping pets to protect a nearby site of special scientific interest....
Elderly can help solve the housing crisis, housebuilder says

20.08.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing | housing for elderly | older people | retirement homes | UK

Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone has said that those aged 65 and over hold the key to unlocking the housing crisis and helping younger people to get onto the housing ladder.
Social housing green paper should address ‘dearth’ of retirement housing

30.07.2018

Laura Edgar

County Councils Network | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | England | Housing | retirement homes

County councils have called on the government to ensure that its social housing green paper encourages planning reforms address the ‘dearth of retirement and supported housing’ in the country.
News in brief: Affordable Loch Lomond homes approved; Retirement homes green-lit in Newcastle

27.03.2018

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | Climate Change | Housing | loch lomond and the trossachs national park | Newcastle | retirement homes | UK

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 27 March, 2018